Allusion and Symbol Unit 3

The biblical allusion in "Sir Francis Drake" is

• Isaiah

• Odysseus

• Henry IV

• Elijah

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CCSS.RL.11-12.12

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The theme of "Outta My Way, Grandpa!" is

• motivation matters

• repect the elderly and veterans

• pushing yourself is the best way to win

• running is good exercise

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which is true of literary symbols?

• They can be understood by more than one culture.

• They cannot be used for imaginative comparisons.

• They only represent one thing.

• They are the same as characters in an allegory.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Allusions cannot be based on

• historical references

• biblical references

• personal experiences

• pop culture

Check the answer that is not a symbol in e. e. cummings's "maggie and milly and molly and may."

• a crab

• a fish

• a starfish

• a shell

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Conflict is the opposition of two or more characters or ___.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Jorge Luis Borge's poem "Afterglow" has as its theme

• Endings are glorious.

• Endings are unknown and fearful.

• Endings glow like the sun.

• Endings should be escaped at all costs.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"The Progress of Poesy" was written by

• Hugh O'Neill

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Matthew Arnold

• Rudyard Kipling

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Which sound device does Chesteron use in the following quotation:

How primeval and how poetical are the things that one carries in one's pocket.

• alliteration

• consonance

• assonance

• anaphora

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

On what biblical allusion does Arnold base his theme of "The Progress of Poesy"?

• Noah and the Ark

• Belshazzar's feast

• The woman at the well

• Moses striking the rock

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9